Review of the Churchill County, NV ALL cluster, 1997-2004

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 52-58

  Walker, Mark ^a   Pritsos, Chris ^a   Seiler, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Childhood leukemia; Leukemia cluster

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; TUNGSTEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AIR QUALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LEUKEMOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEVADA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84859737965     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: 18727786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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